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Pocket PC Emulators Make Your PDA Your Personal, Old School, Arcade

• Oct 10, 2010 from khemso(Hassan Khamis Eliwah) in Gaming
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  Pocket PC Emulators Make Your PDA Your Personal, Old School, Arcade
  
  Gamers have long used emulators to make their home pc into their personal video arcade, but until recently pocket pc emulators have been lacking. Fortunately for the gamer in all of us, that is beginning to change. The growing popularity of PDA's, particularly among young people, means that software vendors are paying more attention to the vast market for pocket pc emulators.
  The pocket pc emulators on the market today can allow the PDA owner to emulate the Atari system, MAME, Nintendo and Game Boy among others. Game playing is an important and growing use for PDA's, and a good emulator can make the PDA fun as well as useful.
  Having your PDA act as a handheld game device greatly increases it's versatility and usefulness. Now not only are PDA's replacements for cell phones, digital cameras, electronic organizers and personal stereos, but they can be wonderful game devices as well.
  Let's have a look at some of the emulated software that can be found for pocket pc's. Mind you, these are just examples representing this vast world:
  1.Pocketnes http://pocketnes.retrogames.com. This emulator is pure joy. It's free (donation will be appreciated) and it's downloadable instantly to your PDA preferably iPAQ. All the platform games like classic Mario Brothers3 work well. You can also save a game level and come back later.
  2.Pocket Engine http://pocketengine.emuviews.com/ this emulator is great. Nothing looks this good, plays this well, and has as many panels. For instance, you can run great Mahjong game, with beautiful tiles and vivid colors.
  3.Mame World http://www.mameworld.net/mamece3/ Runs more than 2,000 arcade machine ROMs including the NeoGeo games.
  There are so many other emulators, and the above are just representing examples that I found to be a good starting point. These emulators will help you bring oldies like packman, space-invaders, Mario bros and other good old games "back from the dead" and resurrected right on your PDA. I think nothing beats the old games in terms of pure fun and in many cases the beauty is in the simplicity and not in high tech complicated games.
  Since these games require much less computing power than the modern games, they are perfect to run on your PDA.
  When shopping for a PDA, especially if it will be used as a gaming emulator, it is important to choose one that has a lot of memory, or at least a large capacity for memory expansion. It is also important to choose a PDA with a good solid processor running at a fast speed. As with desktop pcs, gaming takes up more resources than other applications, and having a fast processor and lots of memory will ensure that your gaming experience is a great one.
  
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How To Survive The Sun, Sand & Slump Of Your Gaming Summer [Summer Of Gaming]

• Jul 20, 2010 from kotaku(Kotaku) in Gaming
  Summer is tough on the person who loves playing video games. How can one survive gaming's hottest, sweatiest and slowest season, whether hitting the beach with a Nintendo DS and PSP, or staying home and out of the sun?
  If you're going on an extended road trip or vacationing to destinations far from home and video game console, learn to loveand make sure to protectyour portables this summer. Whether you're an aficionado of the Nintendo DS, PSP or prefer to get your gaming done in-between texting and phone calls on your iPhone, don't leave home this summer without some of these long haul games, perfect to get lost in while stuck in back seat of a car on that long drive to visit the World's Largest Ball of Twine.
  And don't forget the accessories. If you're going to the beach, you're going to need some serious protectionsunblock for you to protect that gamer tan, sand-blocking cases and screen cleaning supplies for your portable platform of choice. If you're traveling internationally, don't forget one or more AC outlet adapters, like this all-in-one from Kensington.Nintendo DS
  The Nintendo DS library is rich with role-playing games, the ideal, long-term investment genre that can suck up an entire summer vacation. Just don't forget to look up from the screen once in a while to take in that gorgeous sunset, national park or aforementioned string ball.
  
  Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - Square Enix's latest role-playing game can turn backseat boredom into days worth of good clean fun. If you're traveling with a friend or RPG-loving sibling, adventure together as a group of up to four players.
  Picross 3D - With hundreds of puzzles and dozens of hours of gameplay, plus the option to download additional puzzles should you find a Wi-fi spot, Picross 3D offers your best gaming for the buck.
  100 Classic Books - Having a reading assignment this summer? It's probably on this cartridge. If you'd just prefer to appear better read at your next clambake or woo some beach bunny with romantic Shakespearian quotes, get this collection of digital literature.
  Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Puzzles and role-playing? What a combo! Another big time investment with some clever play mechanics.
  The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - It's Zelda! Bright and cheery like a summer day, Link's latest adventure is perfect for those gamers who don't become car sick while adventuring in 3D. Stylus controlled games like Spirit Tracks are ideal for hands slippery with sunblock.
  
  
  Must Have Summer Survival Accessories
  If you're planning on hitting the beach or plan on an extended summer adventure, you must bring a Nintendo DS case. Power A's Nintendo DSi XL Ultimate Travel Case can house everything you need, including a few cartridges, everything up to the size of an extra-large sized DS and a few extra styli. Hori's option (pictured) for housing your Nintendo portables, games and whatnots is also sound.
  Don't Forget To Protect Yourself
  Practice common sense. If you're going to be spending hours at the beach, eyes glued to the LCD screen of your handheld, take precautions. Apply sunscreen liberally (or have a bikini model apply it for you), wear UV coated sunglasses to stay cataract-free and limit your exposure to the sun.
  
  For maximum protection against gooey PSPs and DSs, keep your handhelds sunscreen slime free with Purell sanitizing hand wipes. (For your hands, not your electronics.)
  To protect your DS's screens from glare, scratches and the dangers of greasy sunblock, a screen protector like BoxWave's adhesive ClearTouch Anti-Glare films will help keep your portable pristine.
  Finally, don't leave the home fort without a back-up stylus (or three) and consider a DS car adapter to keep the handheld charged on long trips.
  PSP
  For the gamer who would prefer to keep his or her games, MP3s, movies and more with them at all times, bring your PSP. Like the Nintendo DS, there are plenty of recent long session games to play. If you're just now getting into the PSP ownership game, check out our first-time buyer's guide and stock up on dirt cheap UMDs before you embark on your summer quest.
  And play these games!
  
  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Add some stealth to your summer with the newest adventures of Snake. In addition to solid solo play, Peace Walker lets players cooperate with wireless multiplayer. Settle your backseat differences with some Cold War era cooperative fun.
  Lunar: Silver Star Harmony - If you've never played this Japanese role-playing game classic, now's the time. It's gorgeously remade on the PSP and offers plenty of summer slaying grind to while away the hours.
  LittleBigPlanet - This adorable platformer adds dozens of hours of fun with its built-in level creator. Spawn your own LittleBigPlanet game types and worlds, then share them with a friend.
  Half-Minute Hero - Get your fix of PSP gaming 30 seconds at a time, eschewing grind for fast-paced action RPG fun. It's cute, colorful and offers a different take on the...

Fisher price ixl Pink | Fisher Price ixl For Sale

• Oct 26, 2010 from jesda(jesda) in Gaming
  The Fisher price ixl Pink Learning System has six great applications for kids: Digital Book Reader, Game Player, Digital Art Book, MP3 Music Player, Notepad and Photo Viewer. The base device comes with pre-loaded software for the various applications listed. Story Book: Features 1 animated story with 15 pages and 2 modes – read to me mode and interact with me mode. Kids will learn reading for meaning, comprehension, key words and spelling. Game Player: Preloaded with 1 classic arcade-style game, which has 3 levels and teaches numbers, sequencing and counting. Music Player: Preloaded with 1 leaning song and is compatible with MP3 and WMA file formats. Art Studio: Includes stampers, backgrounds, bucket fills, colors, pen styles, erase button and it has background music so kids can listen to their favorite songs while they create their masterpieces. Note Book: Enables kids to trace uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers 1-20. Photo Album: Preloaded with 3 sample images. Kids can transfer additional photos from their computer and they can even draw on their photo images to customize them. Kids can customize their login name for personalized play. iXL is PC and MAC compatible, comes with a USB cord to connect to the computer. A CD with media management software even enables users to add their own photos and songs . The handheld device has a 3.5″ TFT QVGA color screen, built in speaker, action button, tethered stylus, headphone jack, SD memory card slot, and built-in memory to hold the base and additional software titles, songs, and pictures – NO CARTRIDGES NEEDED. Requires 4 “AA” batteries, not included. Before using your iXL for the first time, be sure to calibrate the touch screen to the stylus. Here’s what to do: insert the tip of the stylus into the Calibration Hole on the back of iXL. Follow the instructions on the screen and touch each mark with the stylus. Press any button when you are finished to exit the calibration screen. Fisher price ixl Pink

Playstation 3 Accessories

• Sep 25, 2010 from pixelstoreus(PIXELSTORE.US) in Technology
  Playstation 3 Accessories
  Sixaxis
  Sixaxis Wireless Controller
  Playstation 3s Sixaxis wireless controller
  Manufacturer
  Sony Computer Entertainment
  Type
  Video game controller
  
  Generation
  Seventh generation era
  Retail availability
  November 11, 2006
  Discontinued
  April 2, 2008
  Connectivity
  Motion sensing, USB, Bluetooth (PS3 and PSP Go)
  The Sixaxis Wireless Controller (SCPH-98040/CECHZC1) (trademarked SIXAXIS) (unofficially known as PlayStation 3 Wireless Controller) was the official wireless handheld controller for the Sony PlayStation 3, later to be succeeded by the DualShock 3. In Japan, individual Sixaxis controllers were available for purchase simultaneously with the consoles launch, without a USB to USB mini cable. The word sixaxis is also used to mean the motion sensitive technology in PlayStation 3 controllers. The word Sixaxis (contraction of six axis for the directional movements) is a palindrome. Sixaxis controllers can also be used on the PSP Go since both use Bluetooth and can be connected by registering the system and the controller on the PS3.
  History
  At E3 2005, Sony showcased their boomerang design for the PlayStation 3s controller. Accompanied by much criticism, most of which were for its looks, this design was later abandoned. Sony later stated that the original controller was very clearly designed as a design concept, and was never intended to be the final controller, despite what everybody said about it.
  The boomerang design was replaced by an altered, wireless version of the DualShock 2 controller at E3 2006. The Sixaxis controller is currently being phased out, and the DualShock 3 is the new official controller, which in addition to a vibration feature will still include Sixaxis functionality. However Europe would still have the Sixaxis controller during the summer of 2008, as the European Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PlayStation 3 bundle includes a Sixaxis. The Sixaxis is no longer being produced.
  Feature and design changes
  A major feature of the Sixaxis controller is the ability to sense both rotational orientation and translational acceleration along all three dimensional axes, providing six degrees of freedom, hence the name. . This became a matter of controversy, as the circumstances of the announcement, made less than eight months after Nintendo revealed motion-sensing capabilities in its new game console controller (see Wii Remote), led to speculation that the addition of motion-sensing was a late-stage decision by Sony to follow Nintendos move. Further fueling the speculation was the fact that only Warhawk shown at E3 that year demonstrated the motion-sensing feature.[citation needed] Also, some comments from Incognito Entertainment, the developer behind the motion-sensing PlayStation 3 game, Warhawk, said that it received development controllers with the motion-sensing feature only 10 days or so before E3. Developer Brian Upton from SCE Studios Santa Monica later clarified that the Incognito had been secretly working on the motion-sensing technology for a while, but did not receive a working controller until the last few weeks before E3.
  The Sixaxis features finer analog sensitivity than the DualShock 2, increased to 10-bit precision from the 8-bit precision of the DualShock 2. The controller also uses both analog and digital signals simultaneously at all times during gameplay. The frame beneath the L2 and R2 buttons has been omitted and these buttons have been made trigger-like, with the range of travel determining the degree of analog input rather than the range of pressure. In the place of the Analog mode button switch of previous dual analog models is a jewel-like PS button with the PlayStation logo, which can be used to access the home menu, switch controller inputs and turn the console or the controller on or off.
  LEDs
  The top of a DualShock 3 Sixaxis controller, LED lights on the right.
  A row of four numbered LED port indicators are on the top of the controller, to identify and distinguish multiple wireless controllers. Due to there being only four player LEDs on the controller itself, multiple indicators light up for players 5, 6 and 7 (for example, if the 4 and 1 indicators are illuminated at the same time, the controller is assigned to Player 5). While the PS3 is turned on, pressing the PS button will bring up a menu displaying the battery charge of all synced controllers among other options.
  Sixaxis accessories
  Battery packs
  The battery pack for the Sixaxis Wireless Controller is 3.7 V Li-ion battery with cable. The pack provides up to 30 hours on a full charge of continuous gaming for the wireless controller. It is recommended not to dispose batteries (which differ slightly in voltage). It also ships as part of the AC adapter charging kit and as part of the Sixaxis/DualShock 3 battery charger. Third party rechargeable battery pack kits are also available. Although, the USB Charger can also connected to AC Adaptor and PlayStation 3...

Should You Buy An Xbox 360? [Buyer's Guide]

• Oct 01, 2010 from bzy39(Ricardo Yepez) in Technology
  The Xbox 360 was the first of the current generation of home consoles to launch, all the way back in 2005. If you havent decided to buy one by now, is there any reason to buy one, well, now? [UPDATED for the fall season of video games.]Consider this guide our formal advice on whether you should buy an Xbox 360 or not, and if you do, which games you should get.[This post was last updated on September 29, 2010 and will be updated if events, news, games, prices or acts of nature cause our opinion to change.]If I Dont Own A Console, Should I Buy An Xbox 360 Now? ANSWER UPDATED, 9/29/10:No.. In November Microsoft is releasing a pair of Xbox 360 bundles which include the Kinect hardware and a copy of Kinect Adventures. With the bundles $50 cheaper than the console and Kinect separately, waiting is your best option.This June, Microsoft unveiled a new, smaller Xbox 360 that sports a 250GB HDD and built-in Wi-Fi. Priced at US$299. In July the company debuted another new model using the same body as the slim but with 4GB of memory instead of a hard drive for $199. Both are currently in stores. However, the older models will also work with Kinect.Both consoles will be getting a Kinect bundle in November, which will include the Xbox 360, the Kinect hardware, and a copy of Kinect Adventures. The 250GB version runs $399, while the 4GB bundle retails for $299.But What If Ive Already Got A PS3? Should I Buy One Now?No. Most games are released on both systems, most play (and look) just fine on both systems, and most of the important multimedia capabilities (Netflix, movie stores & DVD playback) are available on both, so unless you really want to play an exclusive series like Halo or Fable, you should be fine with just a PlayStation 3.The on-demand ESPN service is slated for the Xbox 360. No word of it coming to the PS3. Since it has not yet been released, it is hard to say whether or not it is a deal breaker.But What If Ive Already Got A Wii? Should I Buy One Now?Yes. The Wii excels in certain roles, like Nintendo titles and social games, but is severely lacking in just about everything else, from sports games to role-playing games to shooters to action titles. Its also missing DVD playback, high definition support, true surround sound and a capable online network.The Xbox 360 has all those, so in many ways would be an upgrade . And if you dont care about any of those things, and just want to have fun with friends? Kinect is a motion controller that doesnt need a controller, and will usher in a whole new range of party games to replace Wii Sports andWii Sports Resort.What Else Does It Do Besides Gaming? ANSWER UPDATED, 9/29/10:The Xbox 360 is home to a wide variety of non-gaming applications, from entertainment to social networking. The Netflix movie streaming service is probably the most useful, though Microsofts own video marketplace allows you to store movies to your hard drive for more convenient viewing.Music can be played via the Last.FM service, and users can access both Twitter and Facebook through their console. The Xbox 360 can also play DVDs, and if youve got a Windows PC with Media Center, you can connect the two so you can watch videos, play music and browse photos. In fact, it does just about everything youd want it to do except browse the internet (the 360 is the only console this generation, handhelds included, to not at some stage include an internet browser).The Xbox 360 will offer live and on demand sporting events via a new ESPN3 service that is free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. It launches in November with the 2010 fall dashboard update.If Im Going To Buy An Xbox 360, Which One Should I Get? ANSWER UPDATED, 9/29/10:With the phasing out of the original Xbox 360 models, the new, slimmer version of the Xbox 360 will soon be the only model on the market. The new Xbox 360 currently comes in two flavors. The 250GB system is the new models answer to the Elite, sporting a large amount of storage space and built-in Wi-Fi for $299. The 4GB system replaces the older Xbox 360 Arcade system, and is essentially the same console as its 250GB big brother with less storage space for $199.You can also find the newer model Xbox 360 in bundles, including a Halo: Reach bundle with a silver 250GB console and controller.Both versions of the console will be bundled with Kinect in November. The 250GB bundle will run $399, while the 4GB is priced at $299. The bundles represent a $50 savings over buying the consoles and Kinect separately.The older versions of the Xbox 360 can still be found at some retailers in limited quantities, though the lack of built-in Wi-Fi in both the Elite and Arcade models plus the limited storage space (256MB) in the Arcade model makes them tough to recommend. If you really want an Xbox 360 on a tight budget, refurbished consoles can be found for as low as $110, but be prepared to pay extra for a wireless adapter and hard drive in order to get the full experience.Our advice: Wait until November and...